Bengaluru:Minister for Medical Education of Karnataka, Dr K Sudhakar gave the green signal for the New Pension Scheme for teaching and non-teaching staff in the Medical Education department.
The scheme which was demanded from a long time will benefit all the permanent teaching and non-teaching staff of government-affiliated medical, dental colleges and super-speciality hospitals.
Earlier a delegation of members of the Medical Education department welfare association has met Dr Sudhakar when he took charge as Medical Education Minister and submitted a memorandum for implementation of NPS scheme.
The minister had assured them to take necessary action in this regard. Dr Sudhakar has succeeded in convincing Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to approve the scheme for the Medical Education department.
The finance department has approved a proposal submitted by the Medical Education department for the implementation of NPS. A government order has been issued in this regard.
Considering the selfless service put forth by doctors and staff of medical colleges amidst the pandemic, Dr Sudhakar had earlier requested the Chief Minister to consider this demand despite the financial crunch faced by the government due to COVID crisis. Chief Minister had agreed to the proposal submitted by Minister Sudhakar and instructed the finance department to take action immediately.
A total 5,949 employees of 27 institutions across the state will be benefitted from this out of which 2,061 employees are AICTE recognized and 3888 are non-AICTE posts. This will create a burden of 77.27 crores to the government exchequer annually. The scheme will be applicable for all permanent employees who have been appointed after April 1, 2006, with immediate effect.
It is worth recalling that couple of months back the Minister gave nod for implementation 7th pay commission for teaching staff of the Medical Education department. He had also fulfilled the demand of hike in the stipend of PG medical students which was pending for several years. Now NPS implementation will further boost the morale of Corona warriors.
"The decision to implement the NPS scheme which was a long pending demand of our doctors and staff who are leading from the front in this fight against COVID gives me immense satisfaction. On behalf of the department, I express sincere gratitude to the Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri B.S.Yediyurappa for positively responding to our request," said Dr K Sudhakar, Minister of Medical Education, GoK.
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